Drug dealer sold cannabis cupcakes to Miami schools, say cops

Saturday

MIAMI -- A Miami drug dealer was in jail Saturday after he was busted baking cannabis into cupcakes and selling them to high school students.

The chocolate-flavored cupcakes wrapped in aluminum foil were discovered after an investigation into drug dealing in the city by the South Miami Police Department, the Miami Herald reported.

During the operation, police confiscated 1.5 pounds (0.68 kilograms) of hydroponic cannabis and also seized stolen property -- including laptops and cell phones -- machetes and more than $3,000 cash.

The dealer, whose name was not released, is suspected of buying more than $2,000 worth of cannabis a week -- some of which was baked into the cupcakes and sold to unspecified local high schools, police said.

"It's harder for the police to be suspicious because it's a cupcake," said Police Chief Orlando Martinez de Castro. "They can carry it and the police can't tell unless you eat them and get high."

Police arrested 11 people during the sweep which they dubbed "Operation Spring Cleaning."